MARRIED IN ENGLAND

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21607, 9 January 1945, Page 6

MARRIED IN ENGLAND

bEGLEBS N.Z. AIRMAN BOMBER CRASH VICTIM fSpueiul Con-tspomleiit.) (.9 a.mb LONDON, Jan. 7. On September 15, 19-12, a Stirling bomber crashed in names on its own airfield after returning from a ran. or. Duisburg. Flight Sergeant Jack Marshall, oi Tauranga, who was tne radio operator, was trapped 10. several minutes beiore nc could !l rescued. Dor weeks Ins hfc was despaired of m a iioyal Air Force hos Ul !ai ;i! lily. Cambridgeshire, for bom ins legs bad been amputated above the knee and his face was badly outlied. But Ite recovered. On Saturday, now a warrant officer, he walked down the aisle of St. Etheireda's Glturch, Ely, on lus artinciai limbs, aided by ins best man and a stick, to marry Patricia Lnuiie Waltliew, of Dublin, who had nursed him for six months. Hts best man was Squauam L-eacler Artluir CoLViile, oi Christchurch, wno also had been in ;i bomber crash, hail lus arms and legs broken in lb places, and bad occupied the bed next lo Warrant Officer Marshall. After the Ceremony during which Warrant Officer Marshall sat in a wheel chair, a reception was held in the library at the lily .Hospital. The .guests included Mr. W. J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Supply, Flight Lieutenant H. Mason, of Waipawa, who had flown over from France especially for the wedding. Another guest was Miss M. Thurston, who was matron-in-chief of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the last war. She now visits all Royal New Zealand Air Force members in hospitals, and was herself ill in Ely Hospital two years ago at the same time as Warrant Officer Marshall and Squadron Leader Colville were there. All the New Zealanders in hospital call her their "fairy godmother.” Mr. Jordan and Mr. Sullivan both wished the couple every happiness and thanked Group Captain C. A. Linclup. i onvmanding officer of the hospital, and Miss J. D. Jackson, It.R.C., who is the principal matron, for allowing Hie reception to be held in the hospital. There was a three-tier wedding cake made with cakes sent from New Zealand and iced by the hospital's catering officer. Warrant Officer .Marshall, who will receive £(> weekly pension, will one day sail for New Zealand. _____ __